44: May 3, 2009 - May 9, 2009

President Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to reiterate his call for credit card reform, saying the nation can no longer tolerate an "anything goes" mentality by the credit card companies.

Evangelical author and radio host James Dobson said that he is "disappointed" that for the first time in nearly two decades there was no representative from the White House during the National Day of Prayer event.

President Obama and Vice President Biden urged a group of House Democrats at a White House meeting this morning to move forward with climate-change legislation that has run into controversy among some Democrats and threatened to stall health-care reform.

President Obama's first nomination to the Federal Elections Commission has prompted a divided reaction from campaign finance reformers, many of whom are disappointed that the new Democratic president has not pushed for more dramatic reforms from the troubled panel.